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On 3/9/2019 at 11:39 AM, Casino Comp Chick said:

 

Port fee comparison:

NCL is charging over $255 for 7 night to Bermuda from NYC

Carnival is charging $229 and change for an 8 night to Bermuda from NYC

Same embarkation port

Same Kings wharf port of Bermuda

Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy different pricing.

 

i guess add the $26.00 per person to DelRios get more money from the passenger speech. 

 

Just went up there and the NCL site still had the upto 5.  I am looking at that same one.  $255 times 8 people...I would love to get my hands on that one.  Would save almost $2000 with all 8 people

On 3/8/2019 at 9:13 AM, spanishguy1970 said:

and don't you love it when they put " back by popular demand, extended time" LOL ....some of us are waiting for the " free gratuities" perk but alas i don't think that will ever happen...

 

Thats always my choice.  The other big one for me is the no port taxes.  That one alone saved about $300.

dang, thats what I am finding, well at least I am not alone.  🙂

So I ended my last cruise at 28, the next tier is of course at 29, or technically 30, and I would like to take advantage of the discounts on excursions for the next cruise.  While it may not seem like much, seems weird that cruises are usually multiples of 7 but tiers come in at 10s...

Anyone know a way to get a point or two?

Sorry, that was $1000 pp.  

So other than adding in the gratuities, it is the price on the web page.

Easy enough.  Thank you all.

Well, I guess thats good and bad...lol.  Good cause I was not missing something, bad because it could be quite a few extra costs.

How much do the perks cost? Even just an estimate.

Trying to plan something for 7 people and trying to stay around $1000 all in.

Thats kinda my problem.  Like running through NCL reservations you can choose some free add ons or buy specialty dining or some other items and when going through Royal Carribean, it really was just cost of cruise, and port fees.

Are there no freebies or specials to get prior to booking a cruise?

How does a cruise work?  I have done NCL, and Costa before, but when I went through the web site, it just listed out the cruise and $175 onboard.

Are there no extras, or gratuities, or are those included in the price?

Nope, all family, 4 kids, 1 girlfriend (to a kid) all 18 and above.

If I book two rooms, with 2 in each room and then add the three, does the cost go down or up?

I am looking at the NYC to Bermuda, coming in at about $7100 for all with two rooms. 

Of course rather have one room for 4 than two rooms for 2.  :)

Been pricing out cruises for 7 people, but while I normally just do 2 or 4, now with 7 and some of those are maybes, when is the best time to book?

Looking at NCL, just because they are the cruise line I prefer, but is there any other cruise line that would be cheaper and offer the most flexibility?

For anyone that has done this, is is possible to book two rooms with a few names or everyone?  Then if they cancel or confirm, go up or down on the numbers accordingly?

There will be a minimum of 4 people for sure, but its the other 3.

I am expecting about 7k for rough numbers, May or June of 2020, so more than enough time and want to leave out of New York.

Any advice or what to look for to make this as smooth as possible, while still getting the best deal.

Thanks so much

On 1/14/2019 at 8:22 AM, luv2cruisekc said:

On the Breakaway now.  Everything has been very good. We are in balcony 10876. It is a wonderful location near the elevators and the balcony is angled, so it is larger.  The food has been very good as has the entertainment. Not a Rock of Ages fan though.  Enjoy. 

Don't leave the room all messed up, will be going in that one on the 17th.

I will have to pay closer attention....in about 25 more days....LOL

Oh well, lol, I would prefer the cruise and no Noro....

I don't think I drank/received it on the last cruise.

Doesn't bronze take effect on second cruise onward?

Kinda torn on this one.  Yeah Noro is bad, but a complete refund, probably some credit on a future cruise.

Would insurance pay for this *and* you get the refund? uh, asking for a friend...and trying to find a silver lining on something like this....LOL

Thats awesome to have a website to just file a claim.  Saves the effort of calling checking, blah blah...

I wish NCL would have an automatic page. Even if my TA had one would be nice.

I just priced one that included all offers and with airfare for 2 people it came out to $400,269.  Is that an error or does it calculate the correct price later?

I know that it should not be possible, but I am able to repeat it time and time again, just not actually add it to the cart.

I log in to NCL, look at all the stuff to do under manage, if I type in Vibe, it pulls it up like anything else for $36.

I tried ask NCL why I couldn't book, but all they said was, that is not possible.  Is there someone that has actually purchased the Vibe pass on line, and for $36?  I am assuming maybe coming from another countries NCL could be possible, but tried Canada and also UK's and still cant actually select it.

Just curious, and I actually took a screen shot to show them what I was talking about and they still insisted it was not possible.  So more curious than anything I guess

It does.  I use a battery powered wifi repeater/hub.  you can do it one of two ways.  Either as a simple pass through and it prompts each device to log in at their screen, or like you want to do and let the DHCP router take over.

I do it the second way and the router maintains the log in credentials and your approved devices just connect (like starbucks or whatever)

The biggest problem is usually the log in times out after about 12ish hours of inactivity.  So you will need to "log in" the router about once a day.

Never knew this, so with the 250 minute package I could go unlimited social media, and almost get a $15 refund?

$15 * 7=105 vs $125 for 250 minutes.

Just curious, I would have preferred the social media package anyway.

I was just thinking about doing this.  I usually buy the cruisenext credits but since I have four, I need to just book the cruise.

One other topic said you book the lowest category and get the highest category, which would be pretty nice, but not amazing.  Getting a balcony would only possibly get an Aft balcony, doubt it would jump to Spa Balcony.  And the price difference between balcony and aft is usually only $200 or so.  So it is nice, don't get me wrong, but could probably get that savings by watching the prices.

Is there anything else that I would get?  Or is the big draw just buying the cruisenext certs?

Any one do this lately?

Thanks so much,

Michael

6 hours ago, Casino Comp Chick said:

They are excluded, as are casino comped bookings. I wound up getting a ton of OBC and spread it out across 2 sailings because the T&C made it virtually useless to me.

Maybe it depends on who did the booking, but I originally did it through a TA and just called up NCL and asked.  She was almost too nice...LOL...  That's how I found that a B9, actually jumps up over a B1...which makes no sense at all.  I would think Aft balcony is better than spa balcony, but then again, value is in the eye of the beholder.

I could, it would be cheaper that way and will remember it for next cruise, but I am about 60 days out and its not that big of a deal.  The points don't expire for a long time, and this entire topic has just made me more aware of the tricks and tips on how to use these things to the best advantage.

The problem was i needed 5 upgrade categories to go from BB to B1 and a Sixth upgrade to make It to B9.

to many points to get something that is only about 250-300 pp more to just upgrade.

Just got off the phone with them. The b9 comes in *after* b1.  They do upgrade to both b1 and b9.  But I would need 5 to get to b1 and 6 to make b9.

probably NCL math...